DEMIES
Noun
demies
plural of demy
Anagrams
• Medise, demise, medise
Source: Wiktionary
DEMY
De*my", n.; pl. Demies. Etym: [See Demi-.]
1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.] He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.
De*my", a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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